Indoor and outdoor Radon concentration measurements in Sivas, Turkey, in comparison with geological setting

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dc.contributor.authorMihci, Metin
dc.contributor.authorBuyuksarac, Aydin
dc.contributor.authorAydemir, Attila
dc.contributor.authorCelebi, Nilgun
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-27T20:59:37Z
dc.date.available2025-01-27T20:59:37Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.departmentÇanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractIndoor and soil gas Radon (Rn-222) concentration measurements were accomplished in two stages in Sivas, a central eastern city in Turkey. In the first stage, CR-39 passive nuclear track detectors supplied by the Turkish Atomic Energy Authority (TAEA) were placed in the selected houses throughout Sivas centrum in two seasons; summer and winter. Before the setup of detectors, a detailed questionnaire form was distributed to the inhabitants of selected houses to investigate construction parameters and properties of the houses, and living conditions of inhabitants. Detectors were collected back two months later and analysed at TAEA laboratories to obtain indoor Rn-222 gas concentration values. In the second stage, soil gas Rn-222 measurements were performed using an alphameter near the selected houses for the indoor measurements. Although Rn-222 concentrations in Sivas were quite low in relation with the allowable limits, they are higher than the average of Turkey. Indoor and soil gas Rn-222 concentration distribution maps were prepared seperately and these maps were applied onto the surface geological map. In this way, both surveys were correlated with the each other and they were interpreted in comparison with the answers of questionnaire and the geological setting of the Sivas centrum and the vicinity. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
dc.description.sponsorshipCumhuriyet University [M-312]; Cekmece Nuclear Research and Training Centre (CNAEM), Istanbul, Turkey
dc.description.sponsorshipThis study is supported by the Cumhuriyet University, Scentific Research Projects-Support Program, Project No: M-312. Authors would like to thank the Cekmece Nuclear Research and Training Centre (CNAEM), Istanbul, Turkey for analyses of track detectors at its laboratories and their support to perform the Project. We would like to extend our sincere thanks to Res. Assist. Dr. Ozcan Bektas to classify the observed data and under graduate students; Mr. Sinan Kosaroglu, Mr. Cem Yucekas and Mr. M. Turgut Ezgo for setup of detectors into the selected houses and to collect them back. Authors are also grateful to Mr. S.C. Sheppard, Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Environmental Radioactivitiy and two anonymous reviewers for their constructive suggestions and critiques.
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.jenvrad.2010.06.013
dc.identifier.endpage957
dc.identifier.issn0265-931X
dc.identifier.issn1879-1700
dc.identifier.issue11
dc.identifier.pmid20667631
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-77956285185
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ2
dc.identifier.startpage952
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvrad.2010.06.013
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12428/26746
dc.identifier.volume101
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000282492700009
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ3
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.indekslendigikaynakPubMed
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherElsevier Sci Ltd
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Environmental Radioactivity
dc.relation.publicationcategoryinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.snmzKA_WoS_20250125
dc.subjectRadon (Rn-222)
dc.subjectSivas
dc.subjectCR-39 alpha-track detector
dc.subjectAlphameter
dc.titleIndoor and outdoor Radon concentration measurements in Sivas, Turkey, in comparison with geological setting
dc.typeArticle

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